Calvin Liang

Moon Rise

Oil on canvas, 24" x 36", $7600

I want to capture the moment of the moon rise. When I saw this in person for the time being, I thought it exuded a romantic feeling.

– Calvin Liang

Camille Przewodek

Halter Ranch Vineyard Morning

Oil on panel, 9" x 12", $1900

Halter Ranch Vineyard Morning was done alla prima on location, and is a glimpse of a sunny morning at a vineyard in Paso Robles, Calif. The play of light on the house is what inspired me.

– Camille Przewodek

Andy Evansen

Two Worlds

Watercolor on paper, 19" x 14", $2800

Nocturnes in watercolor are difficult, because the transparency requires a lot of pigment in the washes. I love painting them though, because it’s a wonderful medium for creating mystery and lost edges.
This scene from a painting trip to China was like something from another world, stepping back in time. The eerie fog creeping in from the surrounding jungle over the river, barely a sound save for the gentle movements of a few boats moving about; and then a television set came on in that houseboat.

– Andy Evansen

Emilie Lee

Oranges Above Montecito

Oil on cradled wooden panel, 24" x 36", $8000

Emilie Lee is a classically trained oil painter whose work is inspired by her adventurous lifestyle and her background in traditional realist painting. From the deserts of southern Utah to the Japanese Alps to her backyard garden in Carpentaria, her plein air and still life paintings are meditations on the peace she finds in nature.

– Emilie Lee

Aaron Schuerr

Beartooth High Country

Oil on linen, 24" x 30", $6800

This past summer I painted my way across the Beartooth Mountains in southwest Montana. To the usual backpacking gear, I added a pochade box and a dozen linen panels. Painting deep in the backcountry is slow by design. I traveled at the whim of the muse, painting wherever inspiration struck and throwing the bivy bag down wherever I ended up. Over the course of six days and 26 trail miles I managed ten paintings. It's my way of carrying a little of the wild home with me. Beartooth High Country was worked out in the studio when I returned home.

– Aaron Schuerr

Brian Blood

Spring at Cypress Point

Oil on canvas, 24" x 30", $12,000

Laurie Hendricks

Printemps

Oil on linen board, 12" x 9", $825

During this year of isolation and staying at home, I found myself longing for the days of traveling and painting on location. One trip came to mind; in the tiny hamlet in the Luberon region of southern France at the magical moment when the cherry trees were in bloom. I was captivated by the ancient farmhouses against iconic blue hills, billowing clouds and incredible blooms that were gone two days later, blown away by the wind. I laid down my impressions on canvas in loose expressive brushstrokes, comparing and relating spots of colors as I traveled back to that place.

– Laurie Hendricks

P.A. Farris

Preen

Oil on canvas, 16" x 20", $860

I enjoy visiting the Santa Barbara Zoo to sketch -- and they allow their Sulfur-Crested Cockatoo to spend time in the open air and sunshine. I wanted to capture that moment when the bird was in a state of intense concentration, working on perfecting the condition of each and every tail feather. When it was finally satisfied that every feather was in shape, it ended the grooming session with an exuberant shake-out and settled into a nap, looking clean, white and perfect.

– P.A. Farris

James McGrew

Peregrine Sunrise

Oil on linen on birch ply, 20" x 30", $6450

Following a tumultuous night of thunderstorms, I painted on the Grand Canyon rim and noticed a peregrine falcon rising from the darkness and ascending into sunbeams before it vanished high overhead. I continued painting until a startling sound shattered the silence as the falcon opened its wings from a rocketing stoop (dive), where peregrines can exceed 240 mph as the fastest creatures on earth. Despite their unmatched speed, agility, intelligence and bravery, peregrines crashed near extinction in the ‘60s. Intensive management, the Endangered Species Act and protected habitat have restored these top predators, soaring upwards into a hopeful new beginning.

– James McGrew

Oceana Rain Stuart

The Woman from the Mountain

Bronze with granite base, 22" x 7" x 6", $8900

The Woman from the Mountain bronze sculpture was inspired by visits to Mt. Tamalpias and the Pacific Ocean.
The woman from the mountain with eyes deep like the sea, and a gypsy soul, like the fire of the sunset, she moves in gestures of wind and dances in poetry like a siren of the night. There is a mountain of peace that resides in the soul of the daring.

– Oceana Rain Stuart

Kathleen Hudson

Light Breaking Through

Oil on linen, 24" x 48", $6900

Rolling breakers on the north shore of Maui were bathed in the golden light of sunrise when I painted a plein air study for this piece. An overnight thunderstorm had wrapped the coastline in heavy clouds. It was only just receding as I arrived, so the resulting painting became a study in contrasts. The brilliance of the sun on one side of the canvas illuminates everything in the scene, while the darker atmosphere of the receding storm makes that light fell more evocative and dynamic.

– Kathleen Hudson

Peter Adams

Diana of the Hunt; Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills

Oil on panel, 40" x 30", $25,000

Creating a three-dimensional work of art in a two-dimensional format is a play of light and shadow that I enjoy. The mythological subject of Diana as an independent woman of nature is also intriguing. I have always admired the composition and delicacy of this multi-figure marble sculpture created by Charles Cassou in the 1920s, which was purchased for Forest Lawn by Hubert Eaton from William Randolph Hearst.

– Peter Adams

Lisa Mozzini-McDill

Building Bridges

Oil on canvas, 12" x 24", $2300

The construction of the Gerald Desmond Bridge in San Pedro was fascinating to watch. The bridge is now complete. It is amazing what people can create working together.

– Lisa Mozzini-McDill